The
BEST of
Peter Aerts by SAMURAI 侍魂
SPIRIT
Peter Aerts vs
Maurice Smith
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YRPJRBTQg4
K-1 World Grand Prix 2001 in
Las Vegas, Semi Finals
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Peter Aerts (born
October 25,
1970) is a
Dutch super heavyweight kickboxer. Known for his devastating high kicks, which earned him the nickname "
The Dutch Lumberjack", he is widely considered to be one of the greatest heavyweight kickboxers ever, along with
Remy Bonjasky,
Andy Hug,
Ernesto Hoost and
Semmy Schilt.
Born in
Eindhoven, Netherlands, Aerts began training in
Muay Thai and kickboxing at the age of fourteen. He won his first world title when he was nineteen years old in
1990, taking the
International Kick Boxing Federation's
Heavyweight Championship. He would also add the Dutch heavyweight title the
World Muay Thai Association's heavyweight title to his mantlepiece before going on to compete in the
K-1 organization in
Japan. He has competed in every
K-1 World Grand Prix except one (2009), which has led to him being referred to as "Mr. K-1".
A three-time K-1 World Grand Prix
Champion, he debuted at the inaugural K-1
World GP in
1993 where he was eliminated by fellow K-1 legend Ernesto Hoost.
He won his first
Grand Prix in
1994 by knocking out
Rob van Esdonk and
Patrick Smith in the quarter-finals and semi-finals, respectively, before taking a unanimous decision over
Masaaki Satake in the final.
Aerts also won the GP the following year when he beat Toshiyuki Atokawa by KO, Ernesto Hoost by decision and then stopped
Jérôme Le Banner with body shots in the final. He would not win the tournament again until
1998 when he KO'd all three of his opponents in front of 63,800 spectators at the
Tokyo Dome.
In what is considered to be one of the best Grands Prix ever, and the pinnacle of Aerts' career, he stopped Masaaki Satake with a knee strike in the quarters and forced the referee to stop his semi-final match with long-time rival
Mike Bernardo. In one of the most significant moments in K-1 history, he knocked out Andy Hug
with one of his famous high kicks in the final. He won this tournament in six minutes and forty-three seconds, which was the quickest
K-1 GP win ever at the time.
This record stood until 2009 when it was beaten by Semmy Schilt.
Although 1998 was his last Grand Prix win, he continues to compete and reached the final a further three times (in
2006,
2007 and
2010).
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Titles
1994 K-1 World Grand Prix Champion
1995 K-1 World Grand Prix Champion
1997 K-1 World Grand Prix 3rd place
1998 K-1 World Grand Prix Champion
2001 K-1 World Grand Prix in Las Vegas runner up
2003 K-1 World Grand Prix 3rd place
2006 K-1 World Grand Prix runner up
2007 K-1 World Grand Prix runner up
2010 K-1 World Grand Prix runner up
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- published: 21 Mar 2015
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